Sqlcmd, invoke-sqlcmd

Question

We use SQLcmd to mail output of some sql properties to our administrators
Code, i have as input a txt file with all my sql servers:
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%I IN (%InputFile%) DO (
SET ServerNameFDQN=%%I
ECHO Start Processing %ServerNameFDQN% ...
FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=." %%A IN ("%ServerNameFDQN%") DO (
SET ServerName=%%A
ECHO Read DB Prop
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.txt" -i "%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql"
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.csv" -W -s";" -i "%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql"
ECHO %ServerName% >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
ECHO --------------- >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
TYPE %ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.txt >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
ECHO. >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
ECHO. >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
ECHO %ServerName% >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
ECHO --------------- >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
TYPE %ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.csv >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
ECHO. >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
ECHO. >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
Output to csv (nice in colums):
server001                                                      
DATABASE_NAME
DATABASE_SIZE
REMARKS
DATABASE_SERVER
master
37760
NULL
server001
model
22336
NULL
server001
msdb
52416
NULL
server001
db01
162568
NULL
server001
db02
4158016
NULL
server001
db03
149568
NULL
server001
(6 rows affected)
server002
DATABASE_NAME
DATABASE_SIZE
REMARKS
DATABASE_SERVER
master
8640
NULL
server002
model
23360
NULL
server002
msdb
527104
NULL
server002
db01
2548800
NULL
server002
db02
5447488
NULL
server002
db03
777408
NULL
server002
db04
1416960
NULL
server002
tempdb
112640
NULL
server002
(8 rows affected)
This is output per server because sqlcommand accepts a parameter serverinstance
But what i would like is the following output:
DATABASE_NAME
DATABASE_SIZE
REMARKS
DATABASE_SERVER
master
37760
NULL
server001
model
22336
NULL
server001
msdb
52416
NULL
server001
db01
162568
NULL
server001
db02
4158016
NULL
server001
db03
149568
NULL
server001
master
8640
NULL
server002
model
23360
NULL
server002
msdb
527104
NULL
server002
db01
2548800
NULL
server002
db02
5447488
NULL
server002
db03
777408
NULL
server002
db04
1416960
NULL
server002
tempdb
112640
NULL
server002
(14 rows affected)
And i tried to do it with invoke-sqlcmd, but then i don't get the nice colums when i work with export CSV, Anybody got an idea to get the result i want in powershell or in batch if there isn't another option.

Answer 1

Hi Aborgeld,
To achieve your requirement, there's some modification on the part of your batch need to make. please see the below code.
REM for the first run sqlcmd, we need to get the dataset with headers(DATABASE_NAME DATABASE_SIZE REMARKS DATABASE_SERVER)
SET isFirstRunflag=1
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%I IN (%InputFile%) DO (
SET ServerNameFDQN=%%I
ECHO Start Processing %ServerNameFDQN% ...
FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=." %%A IN ("%ServerNameFDQN%") DO (
SET ServerName=%%A
ECHO Read DB Prop
IF %isFirstRunflag%==1 (
REM one more sql file "c:\setNocountOn.sql" to get run to remove the row count message like x rows affected
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.txt" -i "c:\setNocountOn.sql","%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql"
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.csv" -W -s"," -i "c:\setNocountOn.sql","%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql"
SET isFirstRunflag=0
) ELSE (
REM the paramter -h -1 after sqlcmd ignores the headers
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.txt" -i "c:\setNocountOn.sql","%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql" -h -1
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.csv" -W -s"," -i "c:\setNocountOn.sql","%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql" -h -1
REM ECHO %ServerName% >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
REM ECHO --------------- >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
TYPE %ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.txt >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
REM ECHO. >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
REM ECHO. >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
REM ECHO %ServerName% >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
REM ECHO --------------- >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
TYPE %ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.csv >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
REM ECHO. >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
REM ECHO. >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
So the code can be extracted as below
SET isFirstRunflag=1
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%I IN (%InputFile%) DO (
SET ServerNameFDQN=%%I
ECHO Start Processing %ServerNameFDQN% ...
FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=." %%A IN ("%ServerNameFDQN%") DO (
SET ServerName=%%A
ECHO Read DB Prop
IF %isFirstRunflag%==1 (
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.txt" -i "c:\setNocountOn.sql","%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql"
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.csv" -W -s"," -i "c:\setNocountOn.sql","%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql"
SET isFirstRunflag=0
) ELSE (
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.txt" -i "c:\setNocountOn.sql","%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql" -h -1
sqlcmd -S %ServerNameFDQN% -o "%ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.csv" -W -s"," -i "c:\setNocountOn.sql","%ScriptFolder%\DBProp.sql" -h -1
TYPE %ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.txt >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.txt
TYPE %ScriptOutputFolder%\%ServerName%-DBProp.csv >> %ScriptOutputFolder%\TotalDBProp.csv
You also have to create a "c:\setNocountOn.sql" with the content "set nocount on" to igore the output like "x rows affected" that affects the expected output.
As I tested, the code works to lead to the expected output in txt and csv. My table has 2 rows and I set the repeat times as 3 to simulate your scenario(my query returns the rows from my table which are different from yours, but what matters is the output format
here).
If you have any question, feel free to let me know.
Best Regards,
Eric Zhang